Child Care Health Consultants

A Healthy Environment for Children

This Public Health Nursing program provides free health and safety-related consultation, staff training and referral for child care centers, child care homes, and other group care programs. Training of Child Care Health Consultants and Child Care Health Champions is also available through this program.

A Pima County Health Department Child Care Health Consultant (CCHC) is a public health nurse or a registered dietician who has completed additional training based on the curriculum of the National Training Institute for Child Care Health Consultants and has knowledge about the health and safety of children and about child care settings. The CCHC is prepared to work directly with child care providers in family child care homes, centers, and other group care settings.

Child Care Health Consultant Program Services

CCHCs are available to help address immediate health and safety issues or quality improvement topics such as: